Collecting all of Dark Horse’s Angel comics to date, this single volume features stories by series creator Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews (Serenity: Those Left Behind), and Christopher Golden (Baltimore). Set during Seasons 1 and 2 of the Angel television series, favorite characters appear—Cordelia, Doyle, Wes, Gunn—as the investigations of LA’s vampire detective agency delve into all that is dark, grotesque, strange, and unexplainable. Angel faces demonic rats, bizarre deaths from spontaneous combustion, Hollywood demons encountered courtesy of Cordelia, angry spirits, zombies, and more!

The scintillating carton works of Doug Sneyd, an artist for Playboy magazine since the eary 1960s, are now collected in this stunning art book. This book features the most lush, sumptuous, striking, and hilarious of Doug’s full-page cartoons. Readers will be charmed with the lovely scantily (and even non-) clad “Sneyd” girls and the one-line jokes they so ably illustrate. Don’t miss this collection by one of Playboy’s veteran cartoonists!

This book includes a foreword by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, an introduction by Lynn Johnston, cartoonist of the nationally syndicated strip For Better or For Worse, and reflections from the artist himself!

• Nearly three hundred full-color cartoons!

• Featuring cartoons previously unpublished by Playboy magazine.

• The deluxe limited-edition collection features an exclusive print inside the book that is signed by the artist, presented in a handsome slipcase, and limited to one hundred copies.

For three years, millions of eager fans tuned in to watch new episodes of Nickelodeon’s hit animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Ever since, fans have been hungry for more—and now their wait is finally over!

This volume collects the long-out-of-print, fan-favorite comics previously published in Nickelodeon Magazine and with the Airbender DVDs, plus over seventy brand-new comics pages. That’s twenty-six stories set in Airbender continuity, by a host of top-notch talent, many of whom worked on the original animated series!

• A must-have for any Airbender fan!

• Twenty-six in-continuity stories, plus bonus content!

• The latest release in an ongoing partnership between Nickelodeon and Dark Horse, to bring you the very best in Airbender books!

AXE COP: BAD GUY EARTH #3 (of 3)

Malachai Nicolle (W) and Ethan Nicolle (P/Cover)

On sale May 4

FC, 32 pages

$3.50

Miniseries

Just when you thought the ground-breaking hit comic Axe Cop couldn’t get more awesome, it gets MORE AWESOME!

Axe Cop is in big trouble! The authorities are on his case, he’s on a crazy time-travel mission to try to save the dinosaurs from a horrible war with aliens, and while he’s been away, a team of evil brothers has been assembling a massive team of bad guys bent on taking over the earth! But with the help of his awesome crime-fighting team, including Dinosaur Soldier, Sockarang, and the mighty doggie hero Ralph Wrinkles, Axe Cop might still be able to save the planet. But there’s one more battle for our brave axe man in blue, and he must time-travel to the age of swords to make it all happen!

• Don’t miss the exciting and ridiculously funny conclusion to the best comics miniseries of 2011!

Due to the enthusiastic interest in our now-sold-out 13" Bettie Page: Girl of Our Dreams by Dave Stevens statue, we’ve decided to make a smaller 7.5" version. Now everyone can own a piece of this remarkable collaboration. Incorporating the beautiful line work of Bettie’s biggest fan and personal friend, Dave Stevens’; the masterful sculpting of Kent Melton, who sculpted the original large-size statue; and the luscious looks of our favorite pinup, Miss Bettie Page, this is a collectible that shouldn’t be missed!

Gangsters, kidnappers, maniacal killers, and thugs of all stripes had their lurid stories recounted in Crime Does Not Pay! Featuring thrilling, brutal tales and disturbing, despicable characters, Crime Does Not Pay enthralled a nation and was the most popular comic book of its time. The series was a favorite target of Dr. Fredric Wertham and other censors and is partially responsible for the creation of the Comics Code Authority—yet it was also an inspiration for Harvey Kurtzman’s reality-based EC Comics. See why this series was both revered and reviled in this unique “best of” primer!

• Crime Does Not Pay editor Bob Wood brutally murdered his girlfriend and was later murdered himself! This fascinating sidebar is detailed in an essay by cartoonist, historian, and co-editor Denis Kitchen.

• Contains a selection of stories from across the series’ run in the 1940s, a new cover, an illustrated essay, and an introduction.

While Broom banishes a ghost from a priest’s home, Liz explores the woods around the house, where a terrible witch hunt occurred and a woman was murdered!

Also—the accident in which Liz killed her family is finally revealed in detail!

• Cover by Jo Chen (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8)

• Art by Fray artist Karl Moline!

“Moline's pencils are crisp and attractive, a reminder that he's got a strong eye for characters” —Comic Book Resources

CARDCAPTOR SAKURA OMNIBUS BOOK 2

CLAMP (W/A)

On sale July 27

b&w, 576 pages

$19.99

TPB, 5 3/4" x 8 1/4"

The beautiful new teacher in Sakura’s class, Kaho Mizuki, soon reveals that she’s a shrine maiden with magic powers of her own. But, as always, the struggle to capture the Clow cards is woven together with the mysterious—and complicated—threads of love and affection between Sakura and all the people in her life. Will her heart be strong enough as she faces the one who will judge her worthiness to master the cards at last?

• Cardcaptor Sakura is finally available in omnibus form!

• Cardcaptor Sakura is a shojo saga well known to fans, through both the manga and the anime TV series and movies released in the US through Geneon.

• The Dark Horse series of CLAMP omnibus editions has truly raised the bar for manga collections!

The dangers keep stacking up against Conan as he travels down the Road of Kings. If he wants to continue on his journey, Conan will need to defeat a deadly executioner, a mystic royal astrologer, and the evil and deadly razor-handed Gamesh! Chapter 6 of Conan’s voyage along the Road of Kings is one you won’t want to miss! Written by legendary Conan scribe Roy Thomas and illustrated by artists extraordinaire Mike Hawthorne and John Lucas!

• Roy Thomas, the man who brought Robert E. Howard to comics, returns to Conan!

Creepy Comics Volume 1 gathers all of the new material from the first two years of Dark Horse’s celebrated new Creepy series and collects it into one gargantuan book! This 184-page monstrosity features a spellbinding assortment of gory stories about all your favorite terror-inducing topics, including cannibals, lurking demons, werewolves, zombies, and psychotic murderers, illustrated in glorious black and white, following the great tradition of classic Creepy, with twenty bonus pages in full color!

A hilarious, shocking, terrifying thrill ride across the American landscape, The Damned Highway pays homage to the gonzo journalism of Hunter S. Thompson and the uncanny terrors of H. P. Lovecraft!

Horror legend Brian Keene (The Rising) and cult storytelling master Nick Mamatas (Move Under Ground) dredge up a tale of drug-fueled eldritch madness from the blackest depths of the American nightmare. On a freaked-out bus journey to Arkham, Massachusetts, and the 1972 presidential primary, evidence mounts that sinister forces are on the rise, led by the Cult of Cthulhu and its most prominent member—Richard M. Nixon!

• Brian Keene is a two-time Bram Stoker Award winner.

• Nick Mamatas has been nominated for Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, World Fantasy, and Hugo Awards.

• If you’re a fan of Lovecraft Unbound you’ll love The Damned Highway!

From the depths of Mordhaus comes Dethklok, the most brutal black-metal band on the planet, cutting a ferocious swath through the world’s economies and playing massive shows that leave their unwaveringly loyal fans literally in pieces—they are five men prophesied to bring about the Metalocalypse!

It’s Doctor Solar, Master of the Unified Field, versus Mindbender, Master of Matter, for the championship of the universe. But how much of the universe will be left in their wake? And witness the spectacular double death of Tanek Nuro. Plus, in the conclusion of Solar's origin epic, a man-made sun lays waste to the world by fire. In the heart of the thermonuclear inferno, a consciousness strives to prevent the end of the planet—a consciousness reborn as The Man of the Atom.

• Features the conclusion of Doctor Solar’s origin epic!

• Doctor Solar is one of comics’ truly iconic characters, popular for half a century.

• Industry legend Jim Shooter returns to the character he redefined in the 1990s to overwhelming sales and critical success.

• Part of a major launch of new related titles, including Magnus, Robot Fighter; Turok, Son of Stone; Mighty Samson; and Doctor Spektor.

HELLBOY: BEING HUMAN

Mike Mignola (W), Richard Corben (A/Cover), and Dave Stewart (C)

On sale May 11

FC, 32 pages

$3.50

One-shot

A horrible witch and her zombie servant host a dinner party for a family of corpses, and Hellboy and Roger turn up to blast them all back to hell in this team-up story from Roger’s early days at the B.P.R.D.

“Each comic is able to effortlessly welcome and envelop you back into its strange world filled with odd characters and even odder ideas. I've cherished every one of my forays into the world of Hellboy.” —IGN

Hellboy has racked up multiple Eisner Awards, numerous spinoffs, a prose line, video games, animated series, and two feature films. Hellboy Library Volume 4 collects two complete trade paperbacks full of short stories: The Troll Witch and Others and The Crooked Man, as well as an extensive selection of previously unreleased sketches and designs.

• Collects Hellboy: The Troll Witch and Others, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, and over 30 pages of new sketchbook material.

“Mignola’s demonic monster-hunter's adventures are collected in a velvet-bound, over-sized book that showcases his stunning art to its fullest.” —Publisher’s Weekly

Conan goes against his Cimmerian instincts and sides with Pelias the wizard, who can help the barbarian exact revenge on those who took his crown! Conan races to Aquilonia to regain his throne! With covers by fan-favorite Darick Robertson, this fast-paced, standalone miniseries is a great introduction to Howard’s tales of the great King Conan!

• The creative team behind the critically acclaimed Conan the Cimmerian comic-book run concludes Dark Horse’s first King Conan series!

• The thrilling conclusion to one of Robert E. Howard’s most beloved Conan stories!

David Lapham (Stray Bullets) pits Robert E. Howard’s original barbarian king against a terrifying magical foe from his doomed homeland of Atlantis. The Hate Witch has waited from the beginning of time for a great man of uncertain destiny whom she can use to bring about the destruction of civilization. She believes that King Kull is that man, and has launched an all-out assault on Valusia, slaughtering its people, in an attempt to draw him to her seat of power—the wilds of Atlantis! Kull will have to return to his savage origins if he wants to hold onto the throne in Valusia, and save it from civil war!

• Collecting issues #1-#4 of the miniseries.

• From Stray Bullets creator David Lapham!

• From Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan!

MAGIC KNIGHT RAYEARTH OMNIBUS EDITION

CLAMP (W/A)

On sale July 6

b&w, 656 pages

$19.99

TPB, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"

Umi, Hikaru, and Fuu are three schoolgirls out on a field trip to Tokyo Tower, whisked suddenly away by a strange voice and light to Cefiro, a world full of spirits and sorcery. They were summoned here through the last remaining strength of the Princess Emeraude, who hopes that they are the trio destined to become the magic knights legend says can save her realm! But how are a bunch of junior-high-school kids supposed to defeat the dark might of the sinister Lord Zagato . . . with only an exceedingly strange bunny creature named Mokona as their guide . . . ?

• An early crossover hit, Magic Knight Rayearth was made into both an anime TV and a direct-to-video series.

• Unavailable for over four years, the Magic Knight Rayearth series has sold close to 200,000 copies in the US alone!

In the world of contemporary pinup art, few artists can capture the sexy essence of a gorgeous woman as well and as wonderfully as Jim Silke. Silke’s best-selling art books include Bettie Page, Queen of Hearts and Pin-Up: The Illegitimate Art. This time, the pinup master strips his subjects of dress and other distractions to better reveal the delicious details that are usually hidden from admiring eyes. Silke adorns his intoxicating imagery with sage insight and cunning wit, as he recounts his long and exceedingly happy career flirting with fine art and foxy women.

Showcasing the exploits of Howard’s heroes in new adventures and restored, recolored reprints of classic tales, Robert E. Howard’s Savage Sword features the work of comic-industry legends, as well as today’s top talent and hottest rising stars.

• Includes Roy Thomas and Gil Kane’s long-out-of-print classic, “The Valley of the Worm,” recolored and reprinted in its entirety!

“If you love fantasy books like Conan or Kull, definitely pick this up. It’s a must have!” —ComicAttack.net

SCARY GODMOTHER COMIC BOOK STORIES

Jill Thompson (W/A)

On sale July 13

b&w, 312 pages

$24.99

TPB, 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"

Jill Thompson’s award-winning children’s series, Scary Godmother—widely known from the Cartoon Network animated feature—is back with more entertainment for readers of all ages in this complete comic-book collection!

When a dying girl reveals that it’s the despicable Le Loup who has raped and stabbed her, Solomon Kane vows to finally trap and kill this elusive fiend. Le Loup is not an easy man to find, though, and Kane will have to carve, shoot, and burn a path through the criminal mastermind’s murderous minions as he searches for the aloof villain!

• An entirely new creative team takes Solomon Kane into an exciting new era—and all the way to Africa with comic-book titan Bruce Jones at the helm!

• Each issue features two covers.

• Adapts Robert E. Howard’s “Red Shadows” adventure!

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS—THE STARCRUSHER TRAP

Mike Barr (W), Matt and Shawn Fillbach (A/Cover), and Raymond Lee (C)

On sale July 27

FC, 80 pages

$7.99

TPB, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2"

The Separatists unleash a terrifying new weapon on Republic-held systems! An enormous starship, the Starcrusher, is destroying every ship sent against it.

Yoda agrees to a risky plan to stop the Starcrusher, and assembles a Jedi strike force that includes Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, and Ki-Adi-Mundi.

Too late, the Jedi realize that the Starcrusher mission has become a trap—one specifically designed to kill Jedi!

• Inspired by the film and television programs The Clone Wars, the fun and excitement never stop with these additional Jedi adventures.

Twenty-one years before the events in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn is dispatched to prevent the outbreak of a civil war on the homeworld of his Padawan Xanatos—whose father is king. It is a mission that will lead Qui-Gon into close contact with the dark side and start him on a quest that will have a major impact on the future of the Jedi Order!

• Here is an opportunity for readers to get onboard a new series, set in a wild and wide-open era of the Star Wars mythos!

Battleground Coruscant. The allies have carried the battle to the Sith. The war for control of the galaxy is not over yet . . .

. . . but it will be by the end of this issue. Traitors will be revealed, heroes and villains will fall, and empires will be toppled. It all ends here!

“Star Wars: Legacy is a well-crafted, entertaining comic that is worth the perils of investing in a ‘new’ universe.” —Comic Book Resources

THE STRANGE CASE OF MR. HYDE #2 (of 4)

Cole Haddon (W), M. S. Corley (A/Cover), and Jim Campbell (C)

On sale May 25

FC, 32 pages

$3.50

Miniseries

It’s been five years since Mr. Edward Hyde went on his rampage through London, and a new madman—Jack the Ripper—is terrorizing the city’s Whitechapel district. Inspector Thomas Adye of Scotland Yard, convinced the Ripper is using the same serum that gave birth to Hyde, has reluctantly partnered with Hyde’s alter ego, the imprisoned Dr. Henry Jekyll, for help in his hunt. Written by Cole Haddon and illustrated by M. S. Corley, part 2 of Hyde sees Jekyll temporarily released from his dungeon, albeit shackled and under heavy guard. Will it make a difference?

• Weaving together the Jack the Ripper legend with elements of the classic tale of Jekyll and Hyde.

TOY STORY: WOODY’S ROUNDUP #4—STINKY PETE

On sale June 1

4" tall

Limited to 950 numbered pieces

Packaged in its own tin box, with a pin-back button and character booklet

$49.95

Dark Horse launches a new series of vintage-style statuettes featuring four of Toy Story’s best-known characters. Featured this month is the fourth and final figure from Woody’s Roundup, Stinky Pete the prospector.

In examining the candidates from this classic film’s many characters, we agreed with Disney that Woody and his gang were best suited to the deliberately rough-hewn, somewhat distressed Syroco style that sculptors Yoe! Studio describe as “primitive but charming.”

In a lost land ruled by thunder lizards, Native Americans Turok and Andar face dangers beyond time and imagination. In the service of Tech Lord Tinker, Turok leads an odd squad of castaway commandos on an invasion of the safehold of the Amazons. Their objective: a girdle made of ytterbium steel. Amazons are not easy marks—especially Phalanx, the daughter of a renowned twenty seventh-century champion.

• Inspired the wildly popular Turok, Dinosaur Hunter game and Turok, Son of Stone animated feature

• Third in a major launch of new related titles, including Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom; Magnus, Robot Fighter; Mighty Samson; and Doctor Spektor.

USAGI YOJIMBO VOLUME 25: FOX HUNT

Stan Sakai (W/A)

On sale July 6

b&w, 192 pages

$16.99

TPB, 6" x 9"

On sale July 27

b&w, 192 pages

$59.99

Ltd. HC, 6" x 9"

The warrior’s path is fraught with peril as Miyamoto Usagi takes to the road with his bounty-hunter friend Gen. Traveling the countryside, the samurai odd couple must put bickering over money and shortcuts aside as they encounter a series of dangers, including trickster foxes, a gambler who is master of the bullwhip, and several factions of treacherous ninja. The stakes are raised even higher when the pair go their separate ways, as Usagi falls in with a clan on a suicide mission and Gen pursues a killer who isn’t what he appears, in adventures that will test each friend’s honor—and bravery!

• Also available as a hardcover, with dust jacket and a signed and numbered tip-in, limited to 350 copies.

Evading the jaws of a monstrous stone dog, Grey heads to an abandoned coal mine filled with a horde of zombies!

EC Comics legend John Severin (Two-Fisted Tales) rejoins the Hellboy line after his stellar debut in B.P.R.D.: War on Frogs!

• Cover art by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola!

“Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder is also a thrilling occult mystery like few others I’ve read. Having no prior knowledge of the character, I found myself eager to seek out further adventures of Sir Edward Grey and the wicked world he defends evil from on a daily basis.”—Ain’t It Cool News